Hey guys. I know myself and my stress and anxiety are much too high for me to handle a part time job on top of a full time graduate program. But every single person I speak to seems to have some sort of job. If it is not a paid position it's something that looks great on a resume. I feel so bad about myself for not being able to handle all that. I have enough money saved so that I definitely do not have to work during grad school but still, I feel like a child compared to these people. One guy is working a full time job, is a TA and is taking 9 credits. Another girl is working 20 hrs/wk and taking 15 credits (the average in my school is 12/semester). I'm not in an intensive field like law or medicine, I'm in a public policy program. Don't get me wrong, it's highly ranked and really difficult but still an MA is never as hard as a JD or an MD. Should I be feeling this bad about myself? Do many grad students work? Help!